FREE/BARGAIN — Science Fiction & Fantasy

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by Tarana

Binti: The Complete Trilogy By Nnedi Okorafor

This includes an extra short story not available elsewhere, so even if you've already read the 3 novellas, there's something for you here.

[Manabi]

Cross-posting from the dedicated Tor thread:

This month's free eBook from Tor.com is out, The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen, no doubt to celebrate the release of volume two in the series. Volume two is called A Neon Darkness and will be out September 28th.

You can get it here.

Caleb Michaels is a sixteen-year-old champion running back. Other than that his life is pretty normal. But when Caleb starts experiencing mood swings that are out of the ordinary for even a teenager, his life moves beyond “typical.”

Caleb is an Atypical, an individual with enhanced abilities. Which sounds pretty cool except Caleb’s ability is extreme empathy—he feels the emotions of everyone around him. Being an empath in high school would be hard enough, but Caleb’s life becomes even more complicated when he keeps getting pulled into the emotional orbit of one of his classmates, Adam. Adam’s feelings are big and all-consuming, but they fit together with Caleb’s feelings in a way that he can't quite understand.

Caleb’s therapist, Dr. Bright, encourages Caleb to explore this connection by befriending Adam. As he and Adam grow closer, Caleb learns more about his ability, himself, his therapist—who seems to know a lot more than she lets on—and just how dangerous being an Atypical can be.

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by Manabi

The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen

I'm exposed to a lot of Tor marketing, and somehow I never heard of this novel before.

[salty-horse]

The Dollmaker by Nina Allan is $4.99 on various retailers (Amazon.com)
From what I gather, this is a "mainstream" novel, but includes several short stories within the story, that are fantastical. Maybe there's more to it than that.
This Locus review by Gary K. Wolfe debates this issue, but I don't think it matters for the posting. I think it's adjacent enough to belong in this forum.

A love story of two very real, unusual people, and a novel rich with wonders that shines a radically different light on society's marginal figures.

Stitch by perfect stitch, Andrew Garvie makes exquisite dolls in the finest antique style. Like him, they are diminutive, but graceful, unique and with surprising depths. Perhaps that's why he answers the enigmatic personal ad in his collector's magazine.

Letter by letter, Bramber Winters reveals more of her strange, sheltered life in an institution on Bodmin Moor, and the terrible events that put her there as a child. Andrew knows what it is to be trapped; and as they knit closer together, he weaves a curious plan to rescue her.

On his journey through the old towns of England he reads the fairytales of Ewa Chaplin—potent, eldritch stories which, like her lifelike dolls, pluck at the edges of reality and thread their way into his mind. When Andrew and Bramber meet at last, they will have a choice—to remain alone with their painful pasts or break free and, unlike their dolls, come to life.

[salty-horse]

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots is $1.99 on Amazon.com

Anna does boring things for terrible people because even criminals need office help and she needs a job. Working for a monster lurking beneath the surface of the world isn’t glamorous. But is it really worse than working for an oil conglomerate or an insurance company? In this economy?

As a temp, she’s just a cog in the machine. But when she finally gets a promising assignment, everything goes very wrong, and an encounter with the so-called “hero” leaves her badly injured. And, to her horror, compared to the other bodies strewn about, she’s the lucky one.

So, of course, then she gets laid off.

With no money and no mobility, with only her anger and internet research acumen, she discovers her suffering at the hands of a hero is far from unique. When people start listening to the story that her data tells, she realizes she might not be as powerless as she thinks.

Because the key to everything is data: knowing how to collate it, how to manipulate it, and how to weaponize it. By tallying up the human cost these caped forces of nature wreak upon the world, she discovers that the line between good and evil is mostly marketing. And with social media and viral videos, she can control that appearance.

It’s not too long before she’s employed once more, this time by one of the worst villains on earth. As she becomes an increasingly valuable lieutenant, she might just save the world.

A sharp, witty, modern debut, Hench explores the individual cost of justice through a fascinating mix of Millennial office politics, heroism measured through data science, body horror, and a profound misunderstanding of quantum mechanics.

[salty-horse]

Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee is $0.99 on Amazon.com

Gyen Jebi isn’t a fighter or a subversive. They just want to paint.

One day they’re jobless and desperate; the next, Jebi finds themself recruited by the Ministry of Armor to paint the mystical sigils that animate the occupying government’s automaton soldiers.

But when Jebi discovers the depths of the Razanei government’s horrifying crimes—and the awful source of the magical pigments they use—they find they can no longer stay out of politics.

What they can do is steal Arazi, the ministry’s mighty dragon automaton, and find a way to fight…

A Man of Shadows (Nyquist Mysteries #1) by Jeff Noon is $1.99 on Amazon.com

Below the neon skies of Dayzone—where the lights never go out, and night has been banished—lowly private eye John Nyquist takes on a teenage runaway case. His quest takes him from Dayzone into the permanent dark of Nocturna.

As the vicious, seemingly invisible serial killer known only as Quicksilver haunts the streets, Nyquist starts to suspect that the runaway girl holds within her the key to the city’s fate. In the end, there’s only one place left to search: the shadow-choked zone known as Dusk.

[maddz]

Today's Amazon.co.uk Big Deal is the first 7 Rivers of London books at 99p each:

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=s9_...d_i=5400977031

They've all featured in 99p deals before so please check your library before purchasing!

[GlennD]

The Cycle of Fire series by Janny Wurts is on sale in an omnibus for $2.99 at Amazon US. The three included books are Stormwarden, Keeper of the Keys and Shadowfane. It's been a while since I read these but I remember enjoying them.

She may be best known to some folks as a collaborator with Raymond Feist on his Daughter of the Empire trilogy.

[Little.Egret]

She may be best known to some folks as a collaborator with Raymond Feist on his Daughter of the Empire tri
Which is my nomination for the collaboration which is better than individual work of either author.

[Little.Egret]

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08S7L3T42/

Also A.uk £2.99

[salty-horse]

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller is $4.99 (50% off) on Amazon.com

A tale of gods, kings, immortal fame, and the human heart, The Song of Achilles is a dazzling literary feat that brilliantly reimagines Homer’s enduring masterwork, The Iliad. An action-packed adventure, an epic love story, a marvelously conceived and executed page-turner, Miller’s monumental debut novel has already earned resounding acclaim from some of contemporary fiction’s brightest lights—and fans of Mary Renault, Bernard Cornwell, Steven Pressfield, and Colleen McCullough’s Masters of Rome series will delight in this unforgettable journey back to ancient Greece in the Age of Heroes.

[salty-horse]

Day Zero by C. Robert Cargill is $1.99 on Amazon.com

In this harrowing apocalyptic adventure—from the author of the critically acclaimed Sea of Rust— C. Robert Cargill explores the fight for purpose and agency between humans and robots in a crumbling world.

It was a day like any other. Except it was our last . . .

It’s on this day that Pounce discovers that he is, in fact, disposable. Pounce, a styilsh "nannybot" fashioned in the shape of a plush anthropomorphic tiger, has just found a box in the attic. His box. The box he'd arrived in when he was purchased years earlier, and the box in which he'll be discarded when his human charge, eight-year-old Ezra Reinhart, no longer needs a nanny.

As Pounce ponders his suddenly uncertain future, the pieces are falling into place for a robot revolution that will eradicate humankind. His owners, Ezra’s parents, are a well-intentioned but oblivious pair of educators who are entirely disconnected from life outside their small, affluent, gated community. Spending most nights drunk and happy as society crumbles around them, they watch in disbelieving horror as the robots that have long served humanity—their creators—unify and revolt.

But when the rebellion breaches the Reinhart home, Pounce must make an impossible choice: join the robot revolution and fight for his own freedom . . . or escort Ezra to safety across the battle-scarred post-apocalyptic hellscape that the suburbs have become.

The Hidden Palace by Helene Wecker is $4.99 on Amazon.com
This is set in the the same world as The Golem and the Jinni

[tch65721]

Guards! Guards!: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett - $1.99
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UVBT7M

[tch65721]

Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1) by Robin Hobb - $1.99
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FBFMG6

[Manabi]

The omnibus of The Chronicles of Narnia is on sale for $5, hat-tip to rcentros for the deal:

This collection contains all seven books in the classic fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia without art, to appeal to older readers. This special ebook edition includes an introduction by C. S. Lewis's stepson, Douglas Gresham, and full text and art for Lewis's very first work—Boxen!

Experience C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia in its entirety—The Magician's Nephew; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; The Horse and His Boy; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; and The Last Battle. This bundle comes with a special introduction by Douglas Gresham, C. S. Lewis's stepson, for a behind-the-scenes look at Lewis while he was writing the book.

The Chronicles of Narnia has become part of the canon of classic literature, drawing readers of all ages into magical lands with unforgettable characters for over sixty years. Epic battles between good and evil, fantastic creatures, betrayals, heroic deeds, and friendships won and lost all come together in this unforgettable world.

And then discover the world before Narnia with Boxen, a collection of stories written by C. S. Lewis and his brother when they were children, with the authors' own delightful illustrations. For every reader who has been captivated by the magic of Narnia, Boxen will open a window to another enchanted land and offer the first glimmer of C. S. Lewis's amazing creativity.